Yvan Loubier on Goods And Services Tax

In the House of Commons on March 21st, 1997. See this statement in context.

Goods And Services TaxOral Question Period

March 21st, 1997 / 11:30 a.m.

Bloc

Yvan Loubier Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

Mr. Speaker, in a press release dated February 21, 1997, the Quebec minister of finance made the following comments, and I quote: "If the same

criterion is applied to Quebec's tax structure before harmonization and after total harmonization, Quebec's loss of revenue amounts in fact to nearly 20 per cent". If there is one person in a position to know the cost of harmonizing the GST and the QST in Quebec it is the Quebec minister of finance.

My question is for the Minister of Finance. How can the Minister of Finance claim that Quebec officials are unable to establish the true cost of harmonizing and why does he continue to insinuate that minister Landry is lying to the people of Quebec?

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